三位一体

See also: 三位一體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 三位一体 – see 三位一體 (“three in one; trinity; three forming an organic whole; Trinity”). (This term is the simplified form of 三位一體).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	位	一	体
さん Grade: 1	い > み Grade: 4	いち > いっ Grade: 1	たい Grade: 2
on'yomi		goon

Alternative spelling
三位一體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 三位 (sanmi, “three rank”) +‎ 一体 (ittai, “one body”). The i reading for 位 changes to mi as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんみいったい [sáꜜǹmì ìttàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠mʲːi it̚ta̠i]

• (Tokyo) さんみ [sáꜜǹmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠mʲːi]

• (Tokyo) いったい [ìttáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [it̚ta̠i]

Proper noun

三(さん)位(み)一(いっ)体(たい) • (Sanmi Ittai) ^{←さんゐいつたい (san'wi itutai)?}

1. (Christianity) the Trinity